Floral scents in butterfly-pollinated plants: Possible convergence in chemical composition

Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 140, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 129-153

  Andersson, Susanna ^a   Nilsson, L A Anders ^b   Groth, Inga ^c   Bergström, Gunnar ^c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMICAL ECOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Dynamic headspace; GC MS; Lepidoptera; Nectar plants

Indexed keywords

BUTTERFLY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; POLLINATION;

LEPIDOPTERA; PAPILIONOIDEA;

EID: 0036800711     PISSN: 00244074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1095-8339.2002.00068.x     Document Type: Article

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